kons

See also: köns

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *konsa. Cognates include Finnish konsa and Veps konz.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkons/, [ˈko̞nz̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkons/, [ˈko̞nʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -ons
• Hyphenation: kons

Adverb

kons

1. when
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 62:

     Hiljakaistaa ootteloo, kons se kevät tulloo.

     Slowly it would wait, when spring comes.

   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 11:

     Se ono silloin kons painolle annettaa oma erityin merkitös.

     It is then, when the stress is given its own distinct notation.

   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:

     Taita möö hävitimmä napravlenian (poolen), kons jooksimma oravan jälest.

     Supposedly we lost our napravlenia (direction), when we were running after the squirrel.

Conjunction

kons

1. before

Derived terms

• konskaa
• konslee

 

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 192

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʊns/

Verb

kons

1. imperative of konse

Etymology 2

From the longer form okkons, from Old Norse okkarn with a genitive -s added. The former was the accusative masculine singular of okkarr, the possessive adjective of the first-person dual pronoun vit. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *unkeraz.

Alternative forms

• okka, okkons, kans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔns/

Determiner

kons

1. (dialectal) our

   Synonym: vår

   • 1925, Jørund Telnes, Skrifter, volume 2, Risør: Erik Gunleikson, page 368:

     Beste Dropen under Sol // renne til kons Døypestol.

     The best droplet under [the] Sun runs to our baptismal chair.

References

• Ivar Aasen (1850) “okka”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎^[2] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

Anagrams

• snok, skon, sokn

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

kons ? (Cyrillic spelling конс)

1. Acronym of Komisija za očuvanje nacionalnih spomenika Bosne i Hercegovine (“Commission to Preserve National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina”).

Further reading

• w:KONS

Swedish

Noun

kons

1. definite genitive singular of ko
2. indefinite genitive singular of kon

Anagrams

• skon, snok